International Geographical Union Taskforce for Young and Early Career Geographers

Presents

LATE DR. MANJU SINGH MEMORIAL YOUNG SCIENTIST (POSTER) AWARD

Xth IGU Conference on “Urbanization, Health & Well Being and Sustainable Development Goals” from March 17th -19th, 2017 at Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

About the Task Force:

The IGU’s Young and Early Career Geographers’ Taskforce (IGU-YECG) was launched on 22 August 2016 at the 33rd International Geographical Congress in Beijing, China. The Taskforce Steering Committee comprises nine members and its primary aim is to stimulate young geographers to participate in IGU activities.

IGU- YECG aims to promote career development for early career Geographers through mentoring, training and competitions; stimulate interdisciplinary, international and inter-generational research conversations between Geographers and acknowledge and elevate the achievements of early career geographers in the Global North and South.

About the award:

During the Xth IGU Conference on “Urbanization, Health & Well Being and Sustainable Development Goals” from March 17th -19th, 2017 at Osmania University, Hyderabad, IGU-YECG aims to present a special poster award, to foster the excitement of younger colleagues in presenting their work in the form of a poster. Therefore, posters are invited from young scholars on the theme and sub themes of this conference. The award is instituted in the memory of Late Dr. Manju Singh, daughter of Prof. RB Singh. Dr. Manju Singh, a young and dynamic academic did her M.Sc. from USA and PhD in nanotechnology from Italy. She left for her heavenly abode after a prolong illness on 9thDecember 2014.

Prof. RB Singh, Vice President, International Geographical Union has been generous enough to provide financial support for this award.

Awardee will be selected on site (posters not attended at the scheduled time will not be considered) and award recipient will be announced during the conference. The award includes a certificate of merit and monetary award of Rs 5100/-. Consolation certificates will also be given. The time and venue of the poster competition will be announced by the organisers of the conference. The name of the awardee will also be displayed on the official weblog of IGU-YECG.

Criteria for Application

Eligibility for the Young Scientist Poster Awards is as follows:

Scholar is the first author and personally present the poster at the conference;

Scholar should be below the age of 35 years

MPhil/PhD/Postdoc scholars can only participate in the competition.

Discipline is not a boundary. Scholars from all the disciplines can participate with posters based on the theme of the conference.

Procedure of Application

Authors may express their interest in participating in the IGU-YECG Young Scientist Poster Award by submitting their abstract and curriculum vitae (CV) to Prof. Srinagesh (Conference Convener) atiguhyderabad2017@gmail.com and Gaurav Sikka (IGU-YECG) at gauravsikkageo@gmail.com

Applicants are requested to mention in the e-mail subject “For IGU Young Scientist Award”

Guideline for Poster Presentation:

The poster should be of A0 size. In order to fit the poster board, your poster should not exceed the recommended size.

The name of each author must be clearly visible.

Poster should be printed and brought to the congress by authors.

Bring handouts of the poster

The Organizing Committee will provide all materials necessary to affix posters to the wall/poster board.

Procedure of Selection

The judges evaluate the posters according to the following criteria:

quality of the research in terms of theoretical and methodological aspects

presentation by the scholar and ability to describe and defend their work

adequateness and originality of poster layout in relation to its contents